Clinical supervision UK style: good for nurses and nursing?

British nursing has presented a particular view of clinical supervision and has made its availability an essential requirement for all nurses in the United Kingdom (UK). Through a plethora of literature, this view of clinical supervision has become widespread, as has the notion that it is good for nurses and nursing. In this paper, utilising a Foucauldian approach to discourse, power-knowledge and clinical gaze, I radically interrogate this seemingly unproblematic conceptualisation of clinical supervision and its rising popularity and influence.